All bus terminals in Secunderabad will be brought together at the 13-acre site. The integrated terminus will have underground parking and a shopping complex in the upper storey. The road leading to the site will be widened to 150 ft and the displaced shop-keepers appeased with shops in the complex, a senior MCH official said. "The integrated terminal is the answer to all traffic problems in Secunderabad," MCH city planner P A S M Laxman Rao told The Times of India. The government has reportedly—in principle—agreed to hand over the land to the MCH with a view to bringing order to the traffic chaos around the Secunderabad Railway Stations caused by the scattered bus stops.
The RTC operates hundreds of services from these bus stops. There are currently four bus stops around the railway station. Buses from Koti, Mehdipatnam disgorge commuters at the bus stop opposite the station; buses going to Bowenpally, Bollaram take off from the Gurudwara; buses going to Kachiguda, Ameerpet and other places start from the Rathifile bus stand; and buses going to Uppal, Cherlapalli, Nacharam start from the Uppal bus stand near the Mother Teresa statue. All this puts the railway station area in a ceaseless turmoil. When the Gandhi Hospital was shifted to a new complex at Musheerabad in June, the MCH saw an opportunity to solve Secunderabad’s traffic problems. The railway and the RTC too are coveting the land.
Times of India
